The Chasing Cloud and Moon Restaurant was the largest and most lively restaurant in the capital. There were no less than a hundred people sitting in the hall on the first floor. They were drinking wine while listening to the storyteller's eloquent words. It was a great fortune in their lives.
Bai Xiaosheng shook his head and began his opening speech, "Who are the young talents in this world? Then I have to mention those three! In the past ten years, the three of them used their talents to shock the world and made countless students look up to them. "
"They are Prince Ke and Xiao Minglan from sixteen years ago. They were proficient in both literature and martial arts. They were valiant and heroic. They could be said to be the four masters of horse riding, archery, painting and calligraphy. Unfortunately, they were extremely conceited and did not take others seriously. They spent their days in brothels and theatres, indulging in wine and women. In just a few years, they exhausted their talents and were only left with the smell of wine and women's cosmetics. "
"The second one is Prince Ping Nan's son, Xiahou Qing from eleven years ago. When he was young, he was taller than the heavens. His debate on policy overturned the entire Shu-mi Court. When the Xiongnu invaded, he only offered one policy and the Xiongnu retreated. This caused the Xiongnu Imperial Court to be in chaos for many years. He could read ten lines at a glance. Being able to remember everything he saw was his most insignificant skill. It was truly admirable. Unfortunately, the heavens were jealous of such talents. He was born with a sickly aura. When he was ten years old, he was suddenly infected with a strange poison. Later, his illness became more severe and he was bedridden. Last year, he became blind. This white crane's wings could be considered completely broken. "
Hearing this, the audience could not help but sigh. Someone asked, "What about the last one?"
"The last one is Ning Shu, the eldest daughter of the Ning Family from seven years ago!"
Everyone was surprised, "Her?"
Although she solved the Phoenix Terrace case in front of three hundred thousand people a few days ago, news quickly spread that she had an expert guiding her from behind and that she did not have any real talent. She only purposely made a big show of it to wash away her bad reputation of being a jinx to her husband. This news spread like wildfire and gradually spread throughout the entire capital. From the beginning to the end, Lady Ning did not stand out to refute. Was this not a guilty conscience?
But then they heard Bai Xiaosheng's clap of the bamboo clapper. Everybody was shocked, "Exactly! As for Lady Ning, she started learning at the age of two and showed an unusual precocious intelligence at the age of four. As long as she had seen someone or touched something, she could pick it out of a thousand after a few months. At the age of five, she helped the empress in the palace to solve the case of the phoenix hairpin theft. At the age of six, she was chosen by the female Zhuge Huici to be her last disciple. But later, when he was ten years old, a crazy Taoist suddenly gave him the curse of nine generations. Since then, his situation had been deteriorating. Everyone knew what happened after that. Now, the whole world called her "Great Yue's First Female General Who Jinxes Her Husband", and no one remembered her past glory. Until the Phoenix Terrace case a few days ago … "
"Could it be that she really solved the case by herself?" someone asked curiously.
"That's absurd! Yesterday, Lu Jijiu from the Imperial College had personally paid a visit to the House of Duke. He wanted to ask her how she had solved the case. Do you know what she said? "
Everyone's interest was piqued. "What?"
"She had a dream at night. She dreamt that the ghosts of Niinu and Lan Xiang told her. Tell me, isn't that nonsense? The master behind her must have forgotten to tell her the details, so she had to make it up to fool people. "
Everyone laughed. "Maybe this is what the saying goes, 'Being young may not be good when you grow up'."
Someone else mocked, "Zhong Yong is nothing more than that. Next, let's talk about the most discussed case in the capital, the case of the Fourth Miss of the Qi family! "
"Okay." The storyteller immediately took over and changed the topic. "Speaking of the Fourth Miss of the Qi family, it's another unsolved case! The Lu family is really unlucky. Qi San died not long ago, and the Fourth Miss of the Qi family … "
The people outside were excited by the story, but they didn't know that in a room on the second floor, the three people who had just been mentioned and the Seventh Prince, Xiao Yuncen, had gathered around a table to play horse games!
To be exact, Xiao Minglan, Ning Shu, Xiao Yuncen, and Hui Mo had gathered in a circle to compete with each other. Xiahou Qing was leisurely drinking tea on the side. Occasionally, Hui Mo would ask him for advice, and he would condescend to open his mouth.
Even so, after four rounds of gambling, Hui Mo had won, Xiao Minglan second, Ning Shu neither lost nor won, and Xiao Yuncen was the only one who had lost everything! His face was ashen.
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